Fulkerson osteotomy

The Fulkerson osteotomy is an operation to re-align the tibial tuberosity antero-medially to alter the direction of the forces going through the kneecap.

fulkerson osteotomy    
The patellar tendon is both medialised (moved towards the inner aspect) and brought anteriorly (moved forwards).    

 

What is distal realignment?

The Fulkerson osteotomy is one of a group of procedures to realign the patella (kneecap) distally (ie the lower end of the patella-tendon complex. Other distal realignment procedures include:

  • Maquet procedure
  • Elmslie-Trillat procedure
  • Hauser procedure
  • Roux-Goldthwait procedure
  • many variants and modifications
Synonyms: 
Fulkerson procedure
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Distal realignment procedures

Realigning the kneecap by surgical procedures below the kneecap.

Surgical procedures to correct patellar alignment

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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Osteotomy of the Tibial Tubercle for Anteromedialization. Ferrari MB, Sanchez G, Kennedy NI, Sanchez A, Schantz K and Provencher MT. Arthrosc Tech. 2017 Aug; 6(4): e1341–e1346.

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